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On the excitation of long nonlinear water waves by a moving pressure distribution. Part 2. Three-dimensional effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

C. Katsis  and
T. R. Akylas
C. Katsis
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
T. R. Akylas
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Abstract

The three-dimensional wave pattern generated by a moving pressure distribution of finite extent acting on the surface of water of depth h is studied. It is shown that, when the pressure distribution travels at a speed near the linear-long-wave speed, the response is governed by a forced nonlinear Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation, which describes a balance between linear dispersive, nonlinear and three-dimensional effects. It is deduced that, in a channel of finite width 2w, three-dimensional effects are negligible if w [Lt] h2/a, a being a typical wave amplitude; in such a case the governing equation reduces to the forced Korteweg-de Vries equation derived in previous studies. For aw/h2 = O(1), however, three-dimensional effects are important; numerical calculations based on the KP equation indicate that a series of straight-crested solitons are radiated periodically ahead of the source and a three-dimensional wave pattern forms behind. The predicted dependencies on channel width of soliton amplitude and period of soliton formation compare favourably with the experimental results of Ertekin, Webster & Wehausen (1984). In a channel for which aw/h2 [Gt] 1, three-dimensional, unsteady disturbances appear-ahead of the pressure distribution.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 177 , April 1987 , pp. 49 - 65
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© 1987 Cambridge University Press

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